SB2018112011 - Denial of service in libwpd
Published: November 20, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018112011
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19208)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference condition in the WP6ContentListener::defineTable function, as defined in the WP6ContentListener.cpp file. A remote attacker can send trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file that submits malicious input, trigger a NULL pointer dereference condition and cause the software to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.